What Soulforce Inc does

Soulforce Inc is a privately held 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by Mel White and Gary Nixon and headquartered at P.O. Box 2499, Abilene, TX (with staff distributed across Dallas and other US locations). Its mission is to confront religion-based violence against LGBTQIA+ people by challenging white Christian Supremacy through political and theological education, community organizing, and direct action. The organization is led by Executive Director Rev. Alba Onofrio and governed by a board that includes scholars from Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, and Pacific School of Religion.\n\nSoulforce delivers its programs through a portfolio of interconnected initiatives: the Spirit Resource Library (free downloadable theological PDFs in English, Spanish, Kiswahili, Oluganda, Français, isiZulu, and Ikinyarwanda); Teología Sin Vergüenza (a Spanish-language initiative for queer Latinx communities); the Institute on Spiritual Violence, Healing & Social Change; the Church of the Queerly Beloved / Culto Cuir (an experimental community-driven spiritual program with rituals such as name-change baptisms); and Shameless Theology and Love Letters podcasts. Core customer-facing offerings also include limited workshops and strategic movement consultations delivered to groups, schools, universities, and faith communities.\n\nThe business model is donation-funded: Soulforce accepts one-time and recurring contributions via Bonterra (formerly Network for Good), Stripe (Apple Pay / Google Pay), Donor Advised Funds, Qualified Charitable Distributions, stock gifts, legacy gifts, and mailed checks. All resources are provided free of charge and the organization holds a GuideStar Exchange Gold Seal of Transparency. Distribution is community-led and event-driven: email newsletters, organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, X), conference participation (Creating Change), workshops, and direct international engagements in the Philippines and Ecuador with named partner organizations FDVFOO and the Hampik Warmikuna Indigenous Council of Ancestral Health.

Name

Soulforce Inc

Legal name

Soulforce

Website

https://soulforce.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soulforce Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that confronts religion-based violence against LGBTQIA+ people by offering free multilingual theological resources, direct-action campaigns, workshops, and community spiritual programs like Culto Cuir, funded entirely by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LGBTQIA+ Social Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• LGBTQIA+ advocacy
• Social justice nonprofit
• Spiritual healing services
• Theological education resources
• Community organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Abilene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Soulforce operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded entirely through donations. They accept one-time and recurring contributions via credit/debit card through Bonterra (formerly Network for Good), Stripe (Apple Pay/Google Pay), Donor Advised Funds, Qualified Charitable Distributions, stock gifts, legacy gifts, and mailed checks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Soulforce Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free political and theological educational resources, community-based spiritual healing programs, and strategic movement consultations focused on challenging religion-based violence against LGBTQIA+ people. The organization delivers downloadable resource libraries, podcasts, workshops, experimental spiritual communities, and an institute on spiritual violence to LGBTQIA+ individuals, faith communities, schools, and allied organizations.

Product overview

Soulforce Inc is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) that operates as a platform providing educational resources, healing programs, and community engagement initiatives focused on ending religion-based violence against LGBTQIA+ people. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected programs including the Spirit Resource Library (free downloadable theological and political resources in multiple languages), Teología Sin Vergüenza (Spanish-language queer feminist theology initiative), the Institute on Spiritual Violence, Healing & Social Change, the Church of the Queerly Beloved/Culto Cuir (experimental queer spiritual spaces), workshops and strategic consultations, and two podcast series (Shameless Theology and Love Letters). These offerings work together to fulfill the organization's mission of sabotaging Christian Supremacy through research, political and theological education, direct action campaigns, and spiritual reclamation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Teología Sin Vergüenza: A Spanish-language initiative sabotaging Christian Supremacy across borders and languages by amplifying bold feminist & queer theologies in Spanish by-and-for queer Latinx communities.
• Spiritual Violence Institute
• Church of the Queerly Beloved (Culto Cuir)

Quantifiable outcome

• Free resources available in 7+ languages including English, Spanish, Kiswahili, Oluganda, Français, isiZulu, and Ikinyarwanda

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Filipino Deaf Vloggers: Facts, Opinions, and Openness (FDVFOO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to facilitate a 60-person workshop for the LGBTQIA+ Deaf community in Manila, Philippines. The online community allows Deaf Filipinos and international Deaf members to engage in conversations about culture, identity, and queer theology. Workshop addressed spiritual violence and religious abuse affecting this community.
• Hampik Warmikuna Indigenous Council of Ancestral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with indigenous midwives in Cotacachi, Ecuador to strengthen traditional health work and address spiritual violence. Soulforce engages with the council to explore parallels between LGBTQIA+ and Deaf communities' experiences with religious-based discrimination and to share liberating theology.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Parity: A faith-based organization (formerly Fellowship Global) focused on LGBTQ+ Christians. Comparable to Soulforce in producing theology, events, and resources for affirming Christian communities.
• Transalike: A nonprofit reconnecting transgender and queer people to faith and community. Highly comparable as a faith-based LGBTQIA+ organization; founded by Soulforce board member Zayn Silva, indicating tight ecosystem ties.
• Believe Out Loud: An online network empowering Christians to advocate for LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Directly comparable to Soulforce's faith-rooted, advocacy-driven model focused on changing Christian attitudes toward LGBTQIA+ people.
• Q Christian Fellowship: An LGBTQIA+ Christian community organization providing networking, resources, and support to queer Christians. Directly comparable to Soulforce in combining faith affirmation with LGBTQIA+ identity, and notably has a leadership overlap (Soulforce board member phoenix rahel is a Program Coordinator there).
• Whosoever: An Online Magazine for LGBTQ Christians: A long-running online magazine offering affirming spiritual resources for LGBTQ Christians. Comparable in providing accessible, faith-based content to queer Christians across theological traditions.
• The Reformation Project: A movement of Christians affirming LGBTQIA+ inclusion that provides theology, training, and advocacy resources to churches. Comparable to Soulforce in challenging Christian Supremacy with theological and educational content.

Emerging players

• The Naming Project: A faith-based nonprofit creating camps and resources for LGBTQ+ youth and allies. Comparable in faith-rooted affirmation, though focused more on youth programming than theological education.

Broad incumbents

• National LGBTQ Task Force: A national LGBTQIA+ advocacy organization producing the Creating Change conference, which Soulforce actively participates in. Comparable on movement-building and conferences, but operates at much larger scale across broader LGBTQIA+ issues.
• PFLAG: The first and largest organization for LGBTQIA+ people, their parents, families, and allies, with chapters across the U.S. A broad incumbent in the same space; Soulforce is a more faith-focused and theologically specialized complement.
• Human Rights Campaign: The largest U.S. LGBTQIA+ civil rights advocacy organization, working on policy, legislation, and public education. A broader incumbent that overlaps with Soulforce on advocacy and movement-building but is much larger and less faith-specialized.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/soulforceorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/SoulforceOrg
• Instagraminstagram.com/soulforceorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soulforce-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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